May 31st, 2011 — Issue 26 May 2011
At the end of April pan-regional MVNO Friendi Group announced it secured an additional US$25 million of new funding from existing and new shareholders. The investment is aimed at further accelerating expansion plans across the Middle East, Africa and Asia region, setting the company on course for an initial public offering in another 2-3 years time
Vinter said he was very satisfied with the different sources of the latest round of funding
May 29th, 2011 — Issue 26 May 2011
Abdul Malek Al Jaber is an executive who has to divide his time between overseeing the operational activities of Zain’s presence in Jordan, at the same time as he acts as the chief operating officer of Zain Group’s pan-Arabian business. In many ways the country and group functions are similar, though the challenges a standalone Zain Group faces at this point in time are more acute than in any of its standalone country markets
Al Jaber holds the dual roles of being the CEO of Zain Jordan as well as being the chief operating officer of Zain Group
April 30th, 2011 — Issue 25 April 2011
Investment in broadband infrastructure is taking place at a breathtaking pace across the world, and market commentators continue to forecast the exponential growth at which data traffic is set to increase. Despite these attractive industry dynamics, service providers continue to struggle to devise business models that adequately monetise the opportunity beyond charging for access, and the answer appears to still be some way off
STC International’s Hasbani believes that the segmentation efforts that network operators are currently undertaking need to be extended even further in order to maximise on the broadband opportunity
April 30th, 2011 — Issue 25 April 2011
In the past five years the case for outsourcing certain processes and management of network elements has been accepted as a viable cost management and efficiency driver. However, what still remains unclear is the most effective way to measure when such gains are maximised, and when diminishing returns begin to manifest, and how to redress the situation
April 30th, 2011 — Issue 25 April 2011
Like so many other disruptions Apple has brought to telecom, the success of its mobile app store has grown to become the envy of network providers. If there is an example of how service providers can be relegated to the position of access provider with little-to-no participation in the high margin applications that are being bought and sold over the network, it is the mobile app store
Batelco has successfully activated 5G coverage across Bahrain, which is available in all four governorates, covering 95% of the nation’s population. The telco’s launch of the network makes Batelco the first operator to provide national 5G coverage in Bahrain.
Omantel has renewed and expanded its managed services agreement with Ericsson for a further five years, with the renewed agreement being more outcome-based and customer-centric.
South Africa-headquartered MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter will step down from his role at the end of his fixed four-year contract in March 2021, having given no explanation why he would not seek to stay on beyond that date.
Nokia CEO and president, Rajeev Suri, is set to step down from his position later this year, to be replaced by Pekka Lundmark, currently CEO and president of energy company Fortum. The move comes as Nokia struggles to keep pace with the global shift to 5G.
Following Zain Group’s regional milestone announcement in November 2019 that its operations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia had successfully launched the first 5G roaming service across the MENA region, Bahrain telco Batelco has announced partnering with the UAE’s du to deliver 5G international roaming services in the UAE.
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